violations of the human rights of women, including through progress in preparing
a joint work plan on the human rights of women for the Centre for Human Rights
and the Division for the Advancement of Women; 28/
3.
Takes note of the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its
resolution 1995/85, that the special rapporteurs, representatives, experts and
chairpersons of the working groups of the Commission on Human Rights, in future
meetings on enhancing cooperation and exchange of information, address
violations of the human rights of women;
4.
Recalls General Assembly resolution 49/178 of 23 December 1994, in
which the Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the persons chairing the human
rights treaty bodies that each treaty body consider amending its reporting
guidelines to request gender-specific information from States parties to allow
qualitative analysis and review of the human rights of women in periodic
reports;
5.
Recommends that the Division for the Advancement of Women provide
input for the next meeting of the persons chairing the human rights treaty
bodies, providing background analyses of relevant articles of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in order to assist
the treaty bodies in addressing violations of the human rights of women by,
inter alia, amending their reporting guidelines, in the consideration of State
reports and in the preparation of general comments;
6.
Encourages the Division for the Advancement of Women to provide
relevant material it receives or prepares through the Centre for Human Rights,
for the information of the treaty bodies in their work;
7.
Encourages the Division for the Advancement of Women to cooperate with
and assist the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and
Consequences, through the automatic and regular exchange of information and by
forwarding expeditiously relevant material it receives or prepares on violence
against women;
8.
Emphasizes the need to develop and enhance the role of focal points on
the human rights of women, both in the Centre for Human Rights and in the
Division for the Advancement of Women, and to ensure cooperation and
coordination between the two bodies on an ongoing basis;
9.
Encourages the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Centre
for Human Rights to explore the possibility of organizing training in the human
rights of women, inter alia, by exchange of personnel, so that human rights
officers can be trained in the human rights of women, particularly those
involved in technical assistance and advisory services, and the personnel in the
Division for the Advancement of Women can be trained in general human rights
matters;
10. Takes note of the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights, in
resolution 1995/86, that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
in convening a meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies and
working groups, as well as special rapporteurs, representatives and experts,
consider, in coordination with the Commission on the Status of Women and the
Division for the Advancement of Women, ways in which the human rights of women
can be integrated into the reports and work of the organs, bodies and mechanisms
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